Table 3. Comparison of baseline characteristics of HIV positive pregnant women recruited into the study (N = 507) and those who declined (N = 41).

Characteristic	Enrolled	Declined	P- value
	Total number (N = 507, %)	Total number (N = 41, %)
Age (years)
Median (IQR)	24 (21–28)	24 (20–27)	-
	Number (%)	Number (%)
15–24	264 (52.1)	22 (53.7)	0.844
25–29	145 (28.6)	13 (31.7)	0.673
30–44	98 (19.3)	6 (14.6)	0.460
Highest level of education completed
Primary or below	259 (51.1)	26 (63.4)	0.129
Secondary or above	248 (48.9)	15 (36.6)	0.129
Marital status
Married	406 (80.1)	34 (82.9)	0.664
Never married	61 (12.0)	4 (9.8)	0.675
Widowed/separated	40 (7.9)	3 (7.3)	0.891
Occupation
Peasant farmer	96 (18.9)	8 (19.5)	0.925
Salaried	29 (5.7)	0 (0.0)	0.116
Business/commercial	171 (33.7)	8 (19.5)	0.062
Casual worker	21 (4.1)	5 (12.2)	0.019
Not employed	43 (8.5)	2 (4.9)	0.420
Housewife	117 (23.1)	16 (39.0)	0.022
Others	30 (5.9)	2 (4.9)	0.793
ARV Initiation status
Within past 4 weeks	138 (27.2)	8 (19.5)	0.283
ART naive	369 (72.8)	33 (80.5)	0.283